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A. H. MERRILL.

COMBINED NOTE BOOK HOLDER AND LINE INDICATOR.

No. 351,120. Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

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ATENT ALBERT H. MERRILL, OF SANFORD, FLORIDA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,120, dated October 19, 1886.

Application filed February 11, 1886. Serial No. 191,657. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HERVE Man RILL, of Sanford," in the county of Orange and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Note Book Holders and Line-Indicators, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which Figure l is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation with the cover ofthe notebook-holding mechanism removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on linear in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the pawland-ratchet mechanism by which the line-indicator is moved.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient note-book holder and lineindicator fort-he use of typewriters and others.

My invention consists in a board supported upon a. standard or by attachment to the typewriting machine, and provided with a clamping device for holding the note-book, and in the combination therewith of a line-indicator and pawl-and-ratchet mechanism for moving the line-indicator down the page of the note-book, as hereinafter more fully described.

The board A, forming the body of the bookholder, is provided with a cleat, a, at its lower end for engaging the edge of the book, and to the center of the back of the board is secured a socket, B, for receiving the rounded end of the arm 0, which supports the board, the end of the arm 0 being clamped in the socket by a thumb-screw, b. The arm 0 is curved, and its outer end is arranged at right angles to the part received in the socket B, and is slotted to receive the edge of the frame of the type-writing machine, and provided with a setscrw, c, for binding it to the frame.

By means of the arm 0 and its adjustment in the socket B the board A may be held at any desired inclination. Instead of employsupported ing the arm 0, the board A may be by a standard in the usual way.

In a casing, d, arranged transversely across the back of the board A, near the upper end thereof, I place two slides, e 0, having arms ff projecting inwardly toward the center of the board A, and oppositelyarranged with re spect to each other, the arms f being guided by rollers g, journalcd in the casing. The outer ends of the slides e are bent at right angles, extending out-ward beyond the front face of the board A, and are bent inward over the face of the board A and ashort distance from it, to form hooks c, for engaging the edges of the note-book cover. Near the center of the casing dis pivoted an equal-armed lever, h, which is connected with the slides e e by links 2' z". The lever h is arranged diagonally in the easing between the ends of the arms ff, and to the casing are secured springs j j, which bear upon opposite ends of the lever and draw the slides e e inward toward the center of the board A. To the lower end of the lover h is pivoted a rod, 10, which extends downward along the center of the board A, through a recess formed in the under side of the socket B, through a guide, Z, fastened to the back of the board A, near the lower end thereof, and is finally bent forward below the lower edge of the board A, where it is within easy reach of the operator. When the rod It is pushed upward, the lever h is turned, pushing the links outward, causing the slides e e to separate, so that the cover of the note-book placed on the front of the board A is received between the books 0, formed of the ends of the slides e 6.

Upon one edge of the board A is secured a longitudinally-slotted bar,m, in which is placed a ratchet-bar, n,whose lower end extends downward through an ear, 0, and is provided with a head, 19. Between the head p and the ear 0, and on the shank of the ratchet-bar, is placed a spiral spring, g, which tends to press the ratchet-bar downward. The movement of the ratchet-bar n is limited by slots'r,formed therein,and pins s,passing through the slotted bar in and through the slots 1" of the ratchet-bar n. A rod, t, arranged parallel with the ratchetbar n, and supported in arms u,projecting from the edge of the board A, forms a guide for the slide 1), which is placed thereon and carries the line-indicator w. In the slide o is formed a chamber for receiving the shank b of the pawl 0, having teeth corresponding to the notches of the ratchet-bar n. The head of the pawl c ICO is oblong, and is received in a slot formed in I the end of the slide'aand the movement of slide v.

ing on the head p. 5

the pawl 0 is limited by a pin, d, passing through the shank of the pawl 0 and through slots in the slide 2), the pin d being provided with rounded heads is on opposite sides of the The spring a presses the pawl 0 outward into engagement with the ratchet-bar it. To the back of the slide 12 is secured a plate. I, which extends over the rear surface of the board A, and is bent or returned upon itself for receiving the bar m, which is supported from the back ofthe board A by short standards n. The bar m is arranged parallel with the ratchetbar a, and forms a guide for the slide 2), preventing it from turning on the rod t, and it also holds the pawl c in place.

The note-book from which the copy is to be taken is placed on the board A under thelineindicatorw,theline-indicatorbeing then moved to the first line on the page. After the first lineis copied the ratchet-bar is pushed upward against the pressure of the spring g by press This operation brings the pawl 0' into engagement with a new set '01 notches in the ratchet-bar n. so that when the ratchetbauis released the spring q will press it downward, carrying with it the slide 12 and the line-indicator w. The slots rin the ratchet bar are arranged so that when the ratchet bar is moved as far as the slots 1" will permit and then released the line-indicator will be moved downward over the lace ol' the note -book through a distance equal to the spacebetween the lines of the note-book. The slide 1) is prevented from movingu ward when the ratchetbar is raised by the friction of the slide 12 on the rod t and the friction of the plate Z on the bar m.

When it is desired to move the line-indicator from the bottom of the board Ato the top,

the pawl c is disengaged from the ratchet-barconnecting the ends of the lever with the slides e e, springs j j, and the rod k, connected with the lever h, and extending through the lower end of the board A, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combinatiomwith board A, ofthe rod t, the slide v, placed on the rod, the ratchetbar n, the spring acted pawl c, the line lndicator w, the bar Z, connected to ratchet-liar v, and receiving harm. supported upon short standards nn; seen red to the back of the board A, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. p

3. The combination, in a note-book holder and line-indicator, ol' the board A, slides e e, and means for operatingthe same, the ratchetbar n, the rod t, slide 1), provided with t-hepawl c, and the lineindicator w. carried by the slide, substantially as herein shown and described.

ALBERT H. MERRILL. Y Witnesses:

E. J. KERsHAw, O. G. SMUoKER. 

